- Communism, African American communists, Communism, africa, Pan-africanism
In this ambitious work, first published in 1983, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand black people's history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplete and inaccurate.
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- Author
- Cedric J. Robinson
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 487
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press, Univ of North Carolina Pr, Zed Books
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- Italian, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9789990182699
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“The historical development of world capitalism was influenced in a most fundamental way by the particularistic forces of racism and nationalism.”
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